Can’t win any way except to cheat.
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As it has been prophesized for decades. Once the Republicans can no longer legally win they will cheat and steal to keep power. The constitution is only something to cudgel Democrats with, not something to honour.
More fascism.
Republicans explore everything other than actually fucking helping their constituents.
Why would they? It's proven they can shit all over their voters and they'll sit there and guzzle it down with their mouths agape in awe at their divine leaders.
MAGAts are a new breed of fucking moron cultist.
And the first thing they always seem to try is cheating.
Just like they are preventing the rep from Arizona? This is fucking INSANE!
And this is how they provoke an actual insurrection. Stay froggy, friends.
I wouldn't recommend a frog suit. It's hard to aim
That is the actual goal.
Yeah that's why I mentioned it because not everybody is aware that that's exactly what they're trying to do. They're trying to start a war so that they can be seen by their supporters as being justified and using force against their enemies.
And to be clear what I mean by staying froggy, what I mean is to protest like the Portland frog does. Peacefully, cleverly, and without getting hurt or hurting someone else.
This is the way!
This is the way!
Traitorous US government trying to figure out ways to screw American citizens and voters even harder. Fixed it for you. The USA has never been about 1 guy and should never be about 1 guy. That's how you become Russia. How's that going for them?
How to get ahead in politics: Be a genuinely decent human being.
If only all of the other scumbags in politics didn't make it so hard.
So, they’re openly and brazenly ass-fucking the constitution right in our faces, knowing full-well that there isn’t anyone, or anything to stop them.
America is a possession now. Owned and operated by terrorists, for terrorists.
No taxation without representation. If they dont honour the results, then you have no representation. And if you have no representation, then fuck them. They can sing for there taxes. The machine only works when you all play along. Stop playing. See how quickly anyone is willing to come to your door, when they arent getting paid to do so.
The power of people is only real power, when you all hold fast together. Let them threaten you. Let them jail you. Cos them money. And give them nothing until elections are fair and just.
So the republicans are truly anti-democratic and this proves it. Fuxk fascists.
We have a tyrannical minority that is actively changing laws so they can remain in power indefinitely. We have a packed Supreme Court that is literally ignoring the Constitution when the reason they exist is to protect it. If they hadn't made Trump king he would not be in office, he'd be in criminal court.
Republicans have been virulently anti-democracy for decades. As far as the GQP is concerned the majority can go fuck themselves.
"If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy.” - David Frum
Always have been.
New York Post is absolute GARBAGE. Right-wing tabloid owned by Murdoch. Only place that would publish the hunter laptop conspiracy theory.
New York Young Republican Club is being shut down because they are literally Nazis.
They aren't going to do a fucking thing.
So.. Just like most of Maga, right?
With this administration you need to move that red line up a couple of shades.
RFK is in danger of dropping below it as it is.
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I still can’t believe the whole country is seething about an NYC mayor election lmaoo.
On the other side of the ocean, plenty of people not even living on the same continent are cheering for Mamdani. Not because the mayor of NYC affects us directly, but because 1) he's awesome and 2) if change starts with this mayoral election, tide may yet turn for the US as a whole. And of course 3) NYC is overly romanticized thanks to the American media my generation grew up on here in post-soviet Eastern Europe, plus it is awesome to visit. Maybe with Mamdani it can be awesome to live in again as well.
Yes. I also see Mamdani as hope for the us. That’s why billionaires are against him. That’s why the current admin is against him. He will inspire other young people to get involved with politics.
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I think that ICE will be sent to murder Zohran, if he doesn't have a large enough bodyguard detail.
Fact that they’re so scared of him tells me he’s doing something right.
And both parties are scared. That is even more revealing.
This is the part I don't (figuratively) understand about US politics. Mamdani embodies what the US left has wanted all along but he's being pictured as worse than MAGAt by Democrats.
Democrats are fighting him just as bad as Republicans and are resisting him more than they resist the traitors in office. It's bonkers.
Democrats are centre right, Republicans are insane. Once you undertanad that, it all makes sense.
This is a good summary of the us parties this millenium.
It's the billionaires.
Yup. The US is what happens when you let billionaires run the whole country. Mamdani is a threat to that dynamic.
That's because you mistakenly believe that the Democrats are "the left".
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It becomes clearer when you realize that, in terms of political power, the left is a tiny insergency within the Democratic party. The party establishment itself is pretty solidly to the right.
It did not work for their glorious leader on Jan 6, why would it work now?
It’s not about what the law actually means, it’s about who is wielding the power
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American patriots exploring ways to prevent ALL Republican politicians from ever breathing free air again. The tides will turn and when they do......
I hope that includes the Republican Democrats because there sure seem to be a lot of them.
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